National Geographic and IBM have partnered on a five-year research project that will sample DNA from hundreds of thousands of people to map human migration patterns through history.

Written for fledgling test project managers, the book starts by defining the foundations of a test system and discusses the FMEA (failure mode and effective analysis) approach for defining quality risks

IBM and several of the world's leading scientific and philanthropic groups this week launched a project that would put millions of PCs to work on research problems ranging from Alzheimer's to disaster forecasting.

Red Hat's Fedora Project has released version 11 of its Linux-based operating system, code-named Leonidas.

Don't be confused; this XP has little to do with Microsoft. It's what happened when software developers pushed the best practices of programming to the edge, to the extreme.

Director 8 Shockwave Studio is now the platform of choice for those sites determined to provide the richest possible Web experience

The telco launches a broadside at OPEL project, questioning the $1 billion budget for a network that isn’t here yet.

However, three possible solutions are emerging. The first is the logical reduction of repetitive data transmission, with mission project managers being a lot more thoughtful when it comes to deciding

University of Manchester to build brain style computer.

Dont be confused; this XP has little to do with Microsoft. It is what happened when software developers pushed the best practices of programming to the edge, to the extreme.

Supercomputers crunch data that could hold the secret of life, the weather and the effect of nuclear war. David Tebbutt investigates.

No matter how much we tell ourselves that we are rational, scientific human beings a Friday 13th still sends a tremor up some spines.

Leigh Dyer shows you how to free your ASP.NET applications from Microsoft's grasp with Mono

The Australian Government is inviting expressions of interest for project funding, in a bid to improve broadband access in regional areas.

Victoria’s Department of Education and Training has signed IBM Global Services to deploy wireless networking for some 1600 schools in that state.

Encarta Premium Suite claims a base of 130,000+ articles, along with 25,300+ photos and illustrations and 1.8 million map locations. That's more than a bit of bedtime reading, although of course there are really only two reasons why people buy digital encyclopedias these days -- either they've got kids to educate, or they're after some verifiable and quotable facts for a research project. For almost anyone else, of course, there's Google.

At launch in the US there were 19 games, although there will be more when the Xbox is launched over here in March. Unlike other console launches in the past, the Xbox has not one, but several killer t

Krome is busy putting finishing touches on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. We spoke to them about the game, Krome's new Merkury3 engine and more.

One of the longest running battles in the computer industry has been between open systems and closed proprietary ones. The term closed refers to systems where the standards are set by the manufacturer